Chapter 7 Summary

It is Sunday night and Antonia decides to make a dinner of bacon and eggs for her brothers. The smell of the bacon brings back very strong memories from Antonia's past, which upsets her. After dinner she decides to call her friend, Tamra. When Tamra gets on the phone, however, she tells Antonia that her sister had died over a year ago. Antonia explains that she never got the message and apologizes for not being there for her friend. It has been a long time, and Tamra has moved on with other friends.

As Antonia is getting off the phone with Tamra, Chuckie starts to get violently ill. Not knowing what else to do, she and Michael take him to the hospital. Luckily, Chuckie only had the flu. Once they are ready to leave the hospital, they are not able to do so...